Ecuador

Ecuadorean candidate for UN chief says world body must shrink

Guterres' successor will face an enormous task of revitalizing an organization in crisis with declining stature.

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The United Nations headquarters before a meeting on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at the UN, in New York City, US, April 27, 2026.
Israel and Ecuador flags. Ilustration.

Israel praises Ecuador's 'moral leadership' in withdrawing from UN committee on Palestinian rights

Ecuador's Permanent Rep. to the UN, Andrés Montalvo Sosa, formally informed the UN of his country's withdrawal on 2 February.

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View of Ecuador with the Ecuadorian flag

Deadly bus crash in Ecuador's Simiatug leaves 12 dead, 10 injured

The bus was driving an inter-provincial route between that cities of Simiatug and Ambato, the attorney general's office said.

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A police officer stands outside the National Court of Justice during a hearing for the extradition of Ecuadorean gang leader Jose Adolfo Macias, who on Friday accepted the court's request to be extradited to the United States to face drug and gun charges, in Quito, Ecuador, July 11, 2025.

Ecuador, Spanish police arrest Los Lobos drug boss Wilmer Barre, tied to 400 murders

Wilmer Geovanny Chavarria Barre, known as "Pipo," helms a powerful group that the US in September designated a foreign terrorist organization.

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President of Ecuador arrives with 100-member delegation

Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso is the first sitting president of Ecuador to visit Israel.

MAY 11, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
The President of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso at the Western Wall, May 10,2022.

At least 24 perish in Ecuador landslide

The country's disaster management agency said 48 people were injured.

FEBRUARY 2, 2022ByREUTERS
Astronaut Photo of Quito, Ecuador taken from the International Space Station (ISS) during Expedition 28 on September 5, 2011.

Ecuador prison violence leaves at least 68 dead, dozens injured

Dozens were gathered outside the prison waiting for news of loved ones, who many said they had not heard from since Friday afternoon.

NOVEMBER 13, 2021ByREUTERS
A man holds an Ecuadorian flag in the aftermath of protests against Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno's austerity measures, after Moreno imposed a military-enforced curfew in the capital Quito, Ecuador October 13, 2019.

WikiLeaks acted in public interest, 'Pentagon Papers' leaker tells hearing

WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange was careful to ensure that the names of informants in hundreds of thousands of leaked secret US government documents were never published.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020ByREUTERS
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange makes a speech from the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy, in central London, Britain February 5, 2016.

One Israeli killed, one injured in Ecuador prison riots

Convict Shai Dahan, 38, was found lifeless in his cell at Litoral Penitentiary in Guayaquil by officers during a riot.

AUGUST 9, 2020ByCELIA JEAN
A man holds an Ecuadorian flag in the aftermath of protests against Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno's austerity measures, after Moreno imposed a military-enforced curfew in the capital Quito, Ecuador October 13, 2019.

Israel donates wheelchairs to coronavirus-battered Ecuador

The donation was made by the Israeli Embassy in Ecuador, and was given to Jorge Yunda, mayor of Ecuador's capital city, Quito.

JUNE 7, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Wheelchair (illustrative)

Iranians arrested in Ecuador for traveling with fake Israeli IDs

It is unclear why they had the fake passports or if they were affiliated with Iran's intelligence services.

FEBRUARY 11, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An Israeli passport